Chennai: Vellore

Today was our first distribution out of Chennai. We were out of the hotel by 6 am for a 3 hour drive to Vellore.  As always 70 percent of the bedkit was devoted to sleep needs but the major purpose of a good nights sleep is to do well in school. This year's school bag has a motto encouraging girls to stay in school plus a Tamil to English dictionary, pencils, erasers, books and a package of colour pencils. 

The first group of enthusiastic children that we met were from an orphanage school and it seems very fitting that a large number of them received a bedkit from students at a Toronto school. The children, as always, were a delight and even when they were confused or uncertain they were unfailingly polite and quick to smile and say thank you. After bringing a smile to 225 children we moved to a new site.

We tried an experiment running 2 sites at a time for the second distribution  which was both interesting and a challenge but a satisfying way to give another 639 children bedkits and a happy way to end the distribution day.

Many thanks to the Rotarians who very kindly provided lunch for both the children and ourselves. After our delicious lunch, which was much appreciated, we headed out for a long drive drive to our next hotel in the mountains.

Team Chennai 2019
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